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Gleason 9 SO wants me to stop ADT @6 Mos for look see

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 21 9:13pm | Replies (27)
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@heavyphil

Chip, as North said, if you have no serious impacts from ADT so far, why go off ?
I would get bloodwork ( lipids, metabolic, etc) done every 3-4 months just to be sure you are in good shape. The only reason to do less than the recommended 18 mos. would be an “event” - hate that word cause it sounds like a good thing - which calls for cessation of ADT. Best
Phil

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dlachn | @dlachn | Apr 19 10:44am

I'm not saying get off prematurely but eventually you need to take a holiday to determine what you next steps will be. Eventually the ADT will quit working mean while all the time your on it the cancer has simply slowed down not died. At some point you need to determine if it's gone or where it's moving to.

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